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Pushbullet Adds End-to-End Encryption for Notification Mirroring, Universal Copy/Paste, and SMS

Kellen August 11, 2015 36

Pushbullet announced this morning that its file-sharing/messenger/notification-mirroring application now supports end-to-end encryption. That means your data is encrypted "before it leaves your device, and isn't decrypted until it is received" by another of...

Google Confirms That They Dropped Default Encryption on Lollipop Because of “Performance Issues”

Kellen March 3, 2015 109

As it turns out, Google did indeed drop the requirement for full-disk encryption on new devices running Android 5.0 "Lollipop" because of "performance issues." In a statement issued to Engadget, Google confirmed that a change was made to their final Lollipop...

Google Drops Full-Disk Encryption Requirement for New Android Devices Running Lollipop (Updated)

Kellen March 2, 2015 36

Google seems to have backed off of its requirement for full-disk encryption on new devices running Android 5.0 "Lollipop" and higher. No announcement was made to bring this news to light, but the folks at Ars Technica noticed a change that was made to the...

Deal: 3 Different VPN Deals to Choose From, Some at 70% Off

Kellen December 16, 2014 19

We currently have a set of three VPN deals for you to consider right now in the DL Deals shop. A couple of them are at least 70% off, all are for multiple years, and of course, they all also include access through Android devices. I can't necessarily say that...

If Your Nexus 6 has Performance Issues, Blame the Encryption That You Can’t Turn Off

Kellen November 20, 2014 270

During our Nexus 6 review, we noted that at times the device seemed to suffer from weird performance issues or hiccups that were unexpected, especially knowing that the device runs one of the newest and most powerful mobile chipsets on the planet, has 3GB RAM,...